Leigh Stephens
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Leigh Stephens is an American guitarist
and songwriter.
Stephens became famous as the former lead guitarist of the San Francisco psychedelic rock
group Blue Cheer
. He was ranked number 98 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. He has claimed to have been the only member of the band who didn't use drugs. His replacement as Blue Cheer's lead guitarist was Randy Holden
.
Leigh went on to form Silver Metre in 1969, with Pete Sears
and Micky Waller
, releasing one album, Silver Metre on National General Records.
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
and songwriter.
Stephens became famous as the former lead guitarist of the San Francisco psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues rock bands in United States and the United Kingdom...
group Blue Cheer
Blue Cheer
Blue Cheer was an American psychedelic blues-rock band that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s and was sporadically active until 2009...
. He was ranked number 98 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. He has claimed to have been the only member of the band who didn't use drugs. His replacement as Blue Cheer's lead guitarist was Randy Holden
Randy Holden
Randy Holden is a guitarist best known for his involvement with the West Coast proto-metal group Blue Cheer on their third album, New! Improved! Blue Cheer .-Biography:...
.
Leigh went on to form Silver Metre in 1969, with Pete Sears
Pete Sears
Peter 'Pete' Sears is an English rock musician. In a career spanning more than four decades he has been a member of many bands and has moved through a variety of musical genres, from early R&B, psychedelic improvisational rock of the 1960s, folk, country music, arena rock in the 1970s, and blues...
and Micky Waller
Micky Waller
Micky Waller was an English drummer, who played with many of the biggest names on the UK rock and blues scene, after he became a professional musician in 1960...
, releasing one album, Silver Metre on National General Records.